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Person
Helmer, Elizabeth Hannum, 1861-1957
1861-1957
Elizabeth Hannum was born in 1861 in Ontario. She married Brigadier General Richard Alexis Helmer (1865-1920). Their son, Alexis Hannum Helmer (1892-1915) was a friend of John McCrae, and part of the inspiration for the poem In Flanders Fields.